Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3762, Frederick Frasher, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Fraser, Frederick Elizabeth
R. 3762
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15776 17 1854 Elizabeth Frazer decd Simon Frazer his at Law of Frederick Frazer for accounts of Rev Pension
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filed by John S. Edwards May 29 1854
U. Col.

State of Ohio County of Meigs
On this 27 th day of March AD 1854, personally appeared in Open Court (before the Judge thereof), the Court of Probate, now sitting, being a Court of record, Simeon Frasher a resident of Salisbury Township in said County & State aforesaid, Aged 62 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832 & 4 th of July 1836. That his Father Frederick Frasher served in the War of the Revolution three years, that he was born in Fauquier County Va in 1756 as appears by the Family Records, that previous to the war the parents of said Frederick Frasher (James & Mary Frasher) moved from said County of Fauquier, to Culpepper County Va, near Sperryville, that his Father Frederick Frasher was residing in the Family of Leonard Hysle when he entered the service of the United States as he only believes in January 1779 for the term of 18 months that after he had performed the term he returned home & immediately enlisted or was drafted for 6 months, after which he again enlisted for 12 months & in this term he was at the Siege of Yorktown & was an Eye Witness of the Surrender of Cornwallis after which he was discharged, & returned home to Culpepper County Va in December 1783, the Officers under whom he served during the three terms he the said Simeon Frasher cannot distinctly state, he remembers that his Father spoke often of his Officers who were one Major Stroad a Mr Hardeman & Captains White & Slaughter that Hardeman drilled the Troops Morning & Evening & possessed a very strong voice, the history of this service he received from his Father Frederick Frasher.
And the said Simeon Frasher further declares that his Father made an application in the Court of Common Pleas for Meigs County for a pension in September 1823, to his personal knowledge that Robert C Barton was

then Clerk of Said Court, that he saw the pension Papers after they were finished, in the hands of Said Barton whom he heard tell his Father that he would forward them to the Pension Department, that the said Robert C Barton died during the same month, on the 15 th Sept 1823, which Papers were probated Burent with the clerks Office, and that Frederick Frasher his Father died on 16 th Oct 1828, that Elisabeth Frasher widow of the said Frederick Frasher died on the 18 th of September 1853 in Salisbury Meigs County Ohio, that she remained a widow after the death of her Husband until her death, that they were married in Oct 1784 in Culpepper County Va. & that he the said Simeon Frasher is the only Heir of the said Frederick & Elisabeth Frasher deceased
That he claims the amount of Pension due him as Heir at Law of his Father from the 4 th of March 1826 to October 16 th 1828 (being the time of his Fathers death) under the act of 7 th June 1832, that he further claims the amount due him, as Heir of his Mother & Widow of Frederick Frasher from the 16 th of October 1828, to the 18 th of September 1853, (being the time of the death of his Mother) under act of 4 th of July 1836, And further this Dependent saith not
Attest, George Wormwood G. N. Stewart
Simeon his Frasher mark
The State of Ohio } S. Martin Beckard Judge of the Probate Meigs County } Court in and for said County and ex officio Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the above named Simeon Frasher, who is well known to me, appeared in open Court and subscribed the foregoing declaration and duly and solemnly sworn in said Court in presence of one and on such solemn oaths the said Simeon Frasher did say that the foregoing declaration was true in substance and in fact. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Painesville this 27 th day of March A.D. 1857 Martin Beckard Prob. Judge

3762
P. O. Elizabeth Thasher Service: wid. of Frederick
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

No 15,176
Elizabeth Frasher, deced wid of Frederick Hirid.
Let John L. Edwards June 1/57
3762
Not July 7, 1838

State of Ohio Meigs County
On this 9 th day of May AD 1854 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid
Nimrod Hysle, aged Ninety years a resident of Rutland Township County of Meigs & State of Ohio Who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that he was Born in Culpepper County State of Virginia, in the year of Seventeen Hundred and Sixty four, that his Parents, Leonard and Eliz- abeth Hysle, resided, before the War of the Revolution, near Sperryville in said County of Culpepper, and for many years after the close of the War, that their nearest Neighbours were, James & Mary Thasher Who resided one Housh of a mile distant from my Fathers House said James Thasher, & Mary his wife, were originally from Fauquier County Va, they raised a Family of Sixteen Children, all of whom I was personally & intimately acquainted with, their Third Son, was Frederick Thasher, Who after he was of age, made it his home at my Fathers House, my Fathers Brother, Benjamin Hysle, also resided with my Fathers Family, likewise Frederick Hysle, Benf o Brother. In the Winter of 1779, I believe in the month of January, Frederic- k Thasher, and my Uncle Benjamin Hysle, entered the Army of the United States, near Thorntons Gap in Culpepper County Benjamin Hysle Volunteered for two years, was in the Eighteenth year of his age, and Frederick Thasher Volunteered for Eighteen Months and was some five years older than Benjamin Hysle
I distinctly remember the circumstance of their leaving my Fathers House in company to join the Army, they were absent some ten or twelve months, & came home on a furlough and remained at my Fathers a short time & left again for the Army then stationed in the County of Albemarle Va. After the terms of their respective enlistments had expired, Thasher and Hysle returned to my Fathers, but not in company, Benf o Hysle served under Capt John Roberts, with whom

I was personally acquainted, Captain Roberts & Ben a Hysle obtained Pensions before their deaths, as I was informed (Subsequently Major Roberts) In the Fall of 1780. Frederick Frasher entered the Army again the second time for six months. I think he was drafted for this tour, but am not confident, I know he served out his term and returned to my Father's in the Spring of 1781 in the month of May, while we were corn planting, and I remember in a few days after Frederick Frasher returned my uncle Benjamin Hysle came home from the Army also. Frederick Frasher again entered the Army the third time, but for how long I do not remember I recollect that he was away until the close of the war & heard him say on his return that he was at the Siege of York -town, & was an eye witness of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis and I distinctly recollect that he came home soon after the Siege of York. Frederick Hysle also served two years with Ben a Hysle in Col Johnson's Regt, The Officers under whom Frederick Frasher served during those three tours I cannot state with certainty I think however his first tour was under Captain White and his second tour was under Capt. John Planghter, as I often heard Frasher & Benjamin Hysle speak of those two officers Col Hardyman & Major Strad, were often spoken of by Frasher and I think he served under them. Old Jimmy Cannon, whom I well remember was an uncle to Frederick Frasher who died some 20 years ago (a Pensioner) in Rappahannock or Culpepper. I believe was in the same service with Frasher. Said Cannon was my uncle, one George Prichard, a Brother in Law of Frederick Frasher whom I knew well, I believe was in the same service, & obtained a Pension before his death as I am informed, I believe Frasher belonged to the Militia Troops, as he spoke frequently of their discipline as being more mild than in the Continental Line, of this I cannot state from my knowledge, The military service in the war of the Revolu- tion, of Frederick Frasher, as above set forth, I know to be correct

He further states that the marriage of Frederick Krasher & Elizabeth Hoyle was solemnized by the Reverend Mr. Sevinaler, a Baptist Minister, That he was present & an Eye Witness of the marriage. That he the said William Krasher moved from Virginia to Salisbury County O. in the year 1823, where he has resided up to the present time, that at the close of the Revolutionary War he was acquainted with a number of men who served in said war & who for many years after spoke of the services of Frederick Krasher in the war, that it was frequently spoken of by the old citizens of the neighborhood in which his parents resided, & that he never heard the truth of which ever disputed, & he further declares that he has no interest in the claim of Simeon Krasher to a pension nor concerned in its prosecution, that he was a soldier in the war of 1812, has received a land warrant for 80 acres, & is now an Invalid Pensioner, & in receipt of 48 $ per annum In presence of
E. M. Sherman
A. M. Barlow
Grady Woodworth
William Krasher
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that William Krasher who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit, is to me well known, that he is a credible person, & his statements entitled to consideration And that I believe him to be of the age above stated, to wit Eighty five years
A. M. Barlow Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Meigs County ss Andrew Donnell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that A. M. Barlow & Elijah Jones before whom the foregoing affidavits were made were at the time of subscribing their names thereto acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Meigs duly Commissioned and qualified, and that their signatures are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Piqua this 20 th day of May A D 1854
A. Donnell Clerk p A. B. Donnell Dept.

State of Ohio County of Meigs {
On this 17 th day of May 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, William Frasher, Aged 85 years in July next, a resident of Salisbury, in said County of Meigs. Who being duly sworn according to Law.
Declares, that he was Born in the County of Culpepper Va, near Sperryville on the 25 th day of July 1769. that his Parents were James & Mary Frasher, whom were originally from the County of Fauquier Virginia. that his Father was a native of Scotland that his Parents raised a Family of Thirteen Sons & three Daughters that the Third Son was Frederick Frasher, who was Born in Fauquier County Va, in the year 1756, that after his Parents moved into Culpepper Co Va, their Nearest Neighbours were, Leonard & Elizabeth Hoyle, who resided one fourth of a mile distant that his Brother Frederick Served three years in the War of the Revolution, as he verily believes, that he distinctly recollects hearing his Parents, while he was under Age, frequently state that Frederick Frasher Served in the Army three Tours, the first of which was 18 Months. the Second 6 Months & the third was 12 Months, being the Last year of the War. that after Frederick Frasher was of Age he made it his home in the Family of Leonard Hoyle, & from the information he has from his Parents while living, that Frederick Frasher first entered the Army in the Winter of 1779. that he Enlisted at Manlons Gap in the County of Culpepper Va, for 18 Months, that after he had Served this Tour, & returned home, he was Drafted for 6 months, & while on his third Tour, he was in actual Service at the Siege of Yorktown, he declares, he distinctly recollects the 12 Months Tour, remembers when he left home to Join the Army, that his Mother requested him to come home on a furlough when his time was half out, that he did not return home, until after the Siege of York when he Frederick Frasher came home to his Father Late in the fall of the same year, the circumstance he clearly & distinctly recollects

He further states, from information obtained from his Parents that while Frederick Frasher was in the Service of the United States, he was in Company with his uncle James Cannon & his Brother in Law, George Richard Said Cannon Died as he was informed some 20 years ago, a Pensioner in Rappahannock Co Va. & that Said Richard died as he is informed many years since in, perhaps, Harrison County Va a Pensioner, he well remembers the 12 months Service of Frederick Frasher in the Army, it being the Last year of the War that he came home in December 1783. That he was personally acquainted with Benjamin & Frederick Hoyle, Brothers of Leonard Hoyle, his Father's near Neighbour in Culpepper Va, that Said Benj & Frederick Hoyle were in the Army of the Revolution some two years, & were Pensioners before they died. Benja Hoyle died some 15 years ago in Culpepper Va & Fr Hoyle died in Meigs County Ohio some 16 years ago
He the Said William Frasher further declares that his Brother Frederick Frasher, Married Elizabeth Hoyle in about the year 1784 in Culpepper County Va, that they came to Salisbury Ohio in the year 1810, when Said Frasher died on the 16 th day of Oct 1828, that Elizabeth his Widow remained as such, until her death on the 18 th day of Sept 1853 in Said Township of Salisbury Meigs Co Ohio, that Simeon Frasher whom he has known from a Child is 62 years of Age, a resident of Said Township of Salisbury, is the Son of the Said Frederick & Elizabeth Frasher deceased, who is the only Heir they ever had & is now an Applicant for the pension due his Mother at her death, for the Military Services of her Said Husband.
That in the fall of 1823 Frederick Frasher had his papers executed in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Meigs, in order to apply for a Pension, & that Frederick Hoyle was one of the persons by whom he made proof of his Service About this time an old School was burnt in which the Clerk of the Court kept his office, This being in the month of Sept, in which month Robert C Parton, the County Clerk having died, Said Frasher did not renew his Application for a Pension before his death in 1828

And True, as I distinctly remember, notwithstanding the great length of time that has intervened, and the infirmities of old age I yet remember the facts, a great many of the Citizens of Culpepper County Va served in the Revolutionary Army and a number of whom resided near where I was raised Some of them I still remember, Col John Thornton was one of them, his wife was a Niece or Sister of Genl Washingtons, I was personally acquainted with them They lived some two miles from my Father, After the War Frederick Frasher was an overseer some six years for Said Thornton
Soon after the close of the war in the year 1784, in the month of October, Frederick Frasher was married to Elisabeth Hystle, a Cousin of mine, the marriage was Solemnized by Elder Swindler a Baptist Minister, I was an Eye Witness of their marriage, & was also married to my wife by Elder Swindler Soon After, Frederick Frasher, Elisabeth his wife and their son Simeon, moved from the County of Culpepper in the fall of 1810, to the Township of Salisbury then Galia County now Meigs State of Ohio, where he resided until his death being on the 16 th day of October 1828, Said Elisabeth Frasher remained the Widow of Frederick Frasher until her death She having died on the 18 th day of September 1853 in Said Township of Salisbury and County of Meigs, Aged about Ninety years, I was intimately acquainted with Elisabeth Frasher from my childhood until she died, I first became acquainted with Frederick Frasher about the year 1774 when I was some ten years of age and was intimately acquainted with him until his death, our Parents having lived near Neighbors before the beginning and for many years after the close of the war of the Revolution in the County of Culpepper
I Moved from Said County of Culpepper to Salisbury Township the same year that Genl Washington Died near where I have resided in the immediate neighbourhood until the present time, I further state in regard to the Military Service of Frederick Frasher, that I more distinctly recollect the facts

And circumstances connected with it, on account of his making his home at my Father's House, also My Uncle Benjamin Hoyle, who left home in company to join the Army And while they were absent my Parents would often speak about them & the Parents of Frasher would frequently call at my Father's & talk about their Son Frederick being in the Army
Simeon Frasher who is now aged 62 years, a resident of Salisbury Meigs County Ohio & an applicant for the amount of Pension due at the death of his Mother, is the only Heir of Frederick & Elisabeth Frasher deceased, he being the only child they ever had. I have known him from his Childhood to the present time
I further declare that Frederick Frasher had his papers executed in the Court of Common Pleas for Meigs, in the year 1823 to Apply for a Pension, & I believe Frederick Hoyle, who was then a Pensioner & a resident of Rutland Meigs County Ohio & who died some years ago, was one of the witnesses, by whom said Frasher made proof of his service, it was supposed then, the papers were burnt with the Clerk's office I further state that William Frasher who now resides in Salisbury Meigs County Ohio, is a Brother of Frederick Frasher deceased, that I have known him from a child that he was raised in Culp's Cove & is now about Eighty five years of age a Soldier of the war of 1812, & an Invalid Pensioner, In presence of us
E Jones
Lewis Hysell
Nimrod his Hoyle mark
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written & I hereby certify that Nimrod Hoyle to me well known is a credible person, that on account of the infirmities of old age he cannot appear in open Court, and Elijah Jones Justice of the Peace that he is of the age above stated so reputed